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Healthcare Trust of America to acquire 228,870 square foot West Penn Allegheny Building for $41.34M

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust, announced the execution of an agreement to acquire an office building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (the "West Penn Allegheny Building") for approximately $41,340,000. The closing of the acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions.

25 Aug 2010

ITelagen finds place on 2010 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing US companies

ITelagen, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare IT and medical billing solutions, today announced that the company was named to the prestigious 2010 Inc. 5000 list, a compendium of the most entrepreneurial and fastest growing companies in America.

25 Aug 2010

Fewer N.C. physicians seeing Medicare patients; Hospitals try to cut Medicare readmissions

"The national health care reform law, which was was designed to provide insurance coverage and access to physicians to more Americans, has no provision to help a group already having difficulty finding doctors to treat them - senior citizens. According to a report from Cigna Government Services, which processes Medicare claims in North Carolina and 17 other states, more than 80 physicians in North Carolina have opted out of Medicare in the past year. That's in addition to the 100 physicians statewide who stopped seeing Medicare patients in 2008, the report states.

25 Aug 2010

Kamada, Baxter enter distribution and manufacturing agreement for Glassia Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Product

Kamada, Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in development, production and marketing of specialty life-saving therapeutics and Baxter International Inc., a global, diversified healthcare company announced today that they have entered into an exclusive distribution and manufacturing agreement for Kamada's liquid, ready to use, intravenous Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Product for the treatment of hereditary Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency approved by the USFDA on July 1st, 2010 for marketing under the trade name "Glassia™".

From Baxter International Inc. 25 Aug 2010

Louisiana Public Health Institute receives $2 million GE Foundation grant

The GE Foundation - the philanthropic organization of GE - announced today a $2 million grant to Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI), as part of GE's Developing Health program. This grant will underwrite a program led by School Health Connection (SHC) in Orleans Parish, LA, to provide students with increased access to healthcare through school-based health centers.

25 Aug 2010

CIMIT, Induct announce strategic alliance to implement Web-based innovation management system

The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology and Induct Software, "The Open Innovation Company," today announced a long-term strategic alliance under which they will work together to implement a Web-based innovation management system based upon the successful CIMIT Model.

25 Aug 2010

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula to implement RelayHealth's HIE connectivity solution

RelayHealth, a leading provider of healthcare connectivity services, today announced that Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) in California has selected RelayHealth's health information exchange (HIE) connectivity solution to improve the quality of care and safety for its patients, create closer alignment with its physicians, and address the governance issues that arise in the process of connecting healthcare communities.

25 Aug 2010

SureGene collaborates with Medco Health Solutions to conduct REST study

SureGene, LLC and the Medco Research Institute, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Medco Health Solutions, Inc., today announced that they have entered into a novel investigative research collaboration to evaluate whether variation in genetic biomarkers previously identified by SureGene can help predict drug response for widely prescribed antipsychotic drugs in patients with serious mental illness.

25 Aug 2010

CHI teams with BioFortis to focus on personalized healthcare initiatives for community hospitals

Catholic Health Initiatives' (CHI) Institute for Research and Innovation's Center for Translational Research and BioFortis, Inc. have announced a joint strategic partnership to focus on CHI's vision in personalized healthcare initiatives for community hospitals across their system.

25 Aug 2010

Medco to expand comp effectiveness reach

Modern Healthcare: "Pharmacy-benefit manager Medco Health Solutions' recent announcement of plans to acquire United BioSource Corp. for $730 million has many wondering if this will be the first of many companies seeking to extend their reach in the growing comparative effectiveness market.

25 Aug 2010

FDA grants Fast Track Designation to Celsion's ThermoDox for liver cancer treamtment

Celsion Corporation, a leading oncology drug development company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated the HEAT Study of its investigational drug, ThermoDox, in combination with radiofrequency ablation, as a Fast Track Development Program.

25 Aug 2010

Americas Amigas donates mammogram machines to Brazilian Navy's floating clinics

Americas Amigas donated two new mammogram machines this June to the Brazilian Navy to be used in their floating ship clinics that serve residents in small communities in the Amazon River basin. The donation of two analog GE Health Performas will provide mammograms to an estimated 4,000 women a year in a northern Brazil region who have never had access to this life-saving technology.

25 Aug 2010

HHS releases new web tool for searching insurance coverage options

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the release of a new HealthCare.gov web tool available for download that makes searching for coverage options even easier than before.

24 Aug 2010

Center For Diagnostic Imaging's new center in Avon offers interventional procedures for joint and back pain

Center for Diagnostic Imaging is pleased to announce the opening of an outpatient medical imaging and image-guided procedure center in Avon, Indiana. The new center allows CDI to better serve medical providers and patients in the western Indianapolis communities.

24 Aug 2010

Maria Shriver joins Alzheimer's Association to release The Shriver Report

Maria Shriver, in Partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, Takes a Groundbreaking Look into the Epidemic's Effect on Women as Caregivers, Advocates, and People Living With Alzheimer's.

24 Aug 2010

Streamline Health implements Audit Compliance for the Enterprise Solution at Children's National

Streamline Health Solutions, Inc. a leading provider of document workflow solutions for hospitals, today announced that it has successfully implemented the Audit Compliance for the Enterprise Solution (AuditACE) at Children's National in Washington, DC.

24 Aug 2010

Medtronic 2011 first quarter revenue decreases 4%

Medtronic, Inc. today announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2011, which ended July 30, 2010.

24 Aug 2010

Abilities Expo to be held August 27-29, 2010 in Houston, Texas

Thousands of people with disabilities, their families, caregivers, seniors, veterans with disabilities and healthcare professionals are expected to attend Abilities Expo on Friday, August 27, through Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Reliant Center. Admission is free and show hours will be Friday 11 am to 5 pm, Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 11 am to 4 pm.

24 Aug 2010

2010 Summit to focus on developing roadmap for personalized health care

The Forum on Personalized Health Care today announced its third annual National Summit on Personalized Health Care, "Creating the Roadmap for Personalized Health Care." The 2010 Summit will give participants the singular opportunity to collaborate in creating a core short- and long-range roadmap to align, coordinate and accelerate delivery of personalized health care technologies and practices.

24 Aug 2010

Consumers economizing on healthcare in ways that might be dangerous: Poll

More than two-thirds (69%) of Americans currently taking a prescription drug say drug makers have too much influence on doctors' prescribing decisions and half say that doctors are too eager to prescribe a drug when other non-drug options are available for managing a condition. Those are just some of the concerns raised by Americans in a new prescription drug poll by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. More information about the poll is available online at www.consumerreportsenespanol.org.

24 Aug 2010

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Healthcare Trust of America to acquire 228,870 square foot West Penn Allegheny Building for $41.34M

ITelagen finds place on 2010 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing US companies

Fewer N.C. physicians seeing Medicare patients; Hospitals try to cut Medicare readmissions

Kamada, Baxter enter distribution and manufacturing agreement for Glassia Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Product

Louisiana Public Health Institute receives $2 million GE Foundation grant

CIMIT, Induct announce strategic alliance to implement Web-based innovation management system

Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula to implement RelayHealth's HIE connectivity solution

SureGene collaborates with Medco Health Solutions to conduct REST study

CHI teams with BioFortis to focus on personalized healthcare initiatives for community hospitals

Medco to expand comp effectiveness reach

FDA grants Fast Track Designation to Celsion's ThermoDox for liver cancer treamtment

Americas Amigas donates mammogram machines to Brazilian Navy's floating clinics

HHS releases new web tool for searching insurance coverage options

Center For Diagnostic Imaging's new center in Avon offers interventional procedures for joint and back pain

Maria Shriver joins Alzheimer's Association to release The Shriver Report

Streamline Health implements Audit Compliance for the Enterprise Solution at Children's National

Medtronic 2011 first quarter revenue decreases 4%

Abilities Expo to be held August 27-29, 2010 in Houston, Texas

2010 Summit to focus on developing roadmap for personalized health care

Consumers economizing on healthcare in ways that might be dangerous: Poll

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